Psalms 124:3

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they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 57:3 : 3 May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults!(Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.
  • Ps 35:25 : 25 Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”
  • Ps 56:1-2 : 1 For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me. 2 Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.
  • Jer 51:34 : 34 “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out.”
  • Dan 3:19 : 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.
  • Jonah 1:17 : 17 Jonah Prays(2:1) The LORD sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
  • Ps 74:8 : 8 They say to themselves,“We will oppress all of them.” They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure.
  • Ps 83:4 : 4 They say,“Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
  • Num 16:30-34 : 30 But if the LORD does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD. 31 When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods. 33 They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community. 34 All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said,“What if the earth swallows us too?”
  • 1 Sam 20:30-33 : 30 Saul became angry with Jonathan and said to him,“You stupid traitor! Don’t I realize that to your own disgrace and to the disgrace of your mother’s nakedness you have chosen this son of Jesse? 31 For as long as this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!” 32 Jonathan responded to his father Saul,“Why should he be put to death? What has he done?” 33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced that his father had decided to kill David.
  • Esth 3:6 : 6 But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews(that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
  • Esth 3:12-13 : 12 So the royal scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king’s satraps and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king’s signet ring. 13 Letters were sent by the runners to all the king’s provinces stating that they should destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, from youth to elderly, both women and children, on a particular day, namely the thirteenth day of the twelfth month(that is, the month of Adar), and to loot and plunder their possessions.
  • Ps 27:2 : 2 When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 124:4-7
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    87%

    4The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

    5The raging water would have overwhelmed us.

    6The LORD deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

    7We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.

  • Ps 124:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1A song of ascents, by David.“If the LORD had not been on our side”– let Israel say this!–

    2if the LORD had not been on our side, when men attacked us,

  • Prov 1:12
    78%

    12We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

  • Ps 35:25
    77%

    25Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”

  • Lam 3:46-47
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    74%

    46פ(Pe) All our enemies have gloated over us;

    47Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.

  • Ps 17:11
    74%

    11They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.

  • Lam 4:19
    74%

    19ק(Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.

  • Ps 90:7
    73%

    7Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.

  • Ps 106:10-11
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    73%

    10He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them, and rescued them from the power of the enemy.

    11The water covered their enemies; not even one of them survived.

  • Ps 123:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

    4We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

  • Num 16:34
    73%

    34All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said,“What if the earth swallows us too?”

  • Ps 21:9
    72%

    9You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

  • Ps 44:19
    72%

    19Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

  • Lam 3:43
    72%

    43ס(Samek) You shrouded yourself with anger and then pursued us; you killed without mercy.

  • 2 Sam 22:5
    72%

    5The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

  • Job 30:14
    72%

    14They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.

  • Exod 15:12
    71%

    12You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.

  • Ps 69:24
    71%

    24Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!

  • Ps 78:53
    71%

    53He guided them safely along, and they were not afraid; but the sea covered their enemies.

  • Exod 15:5
    71%

    5The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.

  • Ps 78:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

    31when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

  • 2 Chr 20:11
    71%

    11Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us!

  • Ps 107:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.

    6They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • Ps 22:13
    71%

    13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

  • Ps 107:26
    71%

    26They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great.

  • Job 22:20
    71%

    20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

  • Ps 94:17
    70%

    17If the LORD had not helped me, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

  • Ps 107:13
    70%

    13They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • Ps 118:12
    70%

    12They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.

  • Ps 66:6
    70%

    6He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. Let us rejoice in him there!

  • Ps 56:1
    70%

    1For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

  • Ps 27:2
    70%

    2When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.

  • Lam 2:16
    70%

    16פ(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said,“We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!”

  • Ps 44:10
    70%

    10You made us retreat from the enemy. Those who hate us take whatever they want from us.

  • Ps 73:19
    70%

    19How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

  • Exod 15:10
    70%

    10But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

  • Ps 66:12
    70%

    12You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place.

  • Num 16:32
    70%

    32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods.

  • Ps 33:19
    70%

    19by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.

  • Ps 126:2
    70%

    2At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said,“The LORD has accomplished great things for these people.”

  • Ps 143:3
    70%

    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.